FreezyLinux

[lucazade]

I'm glad to announce my distro: Freezy Linux
It is a lightweight derivative of Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 12.04, based on GNOME 3.4.1

As main shell it provides a single panel placed at the bottom of the screen, with a hierarchical main menu, a taskbar and tray indicators.
For this reason Freezy doesn't come with Unity (2D/3D) or with GNOME Shell. I prefer a classic setup on a pure GNOME environment!


Applications shipped are more or less the same stock of Ubuntu, main differences are the following:
Firefox → Chromium
Software Center → Synaptic
UbuntuOne → Dropbox
Tomboy → Zim Note

It comes with an homemade Gtk3/Gtk2 theme and with Faenza icons, memory consumption is really low.. circa 150mb at cold boot!
To create this derivative I've used the great UbuntuMiniRemix iso image, Uck tool and a simple script to build and customize the entire image.


Some screenshots:






FreezyLinux homepage and download links

Any feedback is welcome!

[dino99]

Good project, thanks to have made it
Will fight with Lubuntu, same target.

[wolfen69]

Looks good, but reminds me of Lubuntu. You're using gnome 3?

[lucazade]

Yes, it is based on gnome3.. it is the fallback session (gnome-panel + metacity) and the rest of the DE. So no unity or gnome-shell is present in the iso, but installable alongside.

In the first beta (the one available for download) I've used the xfce4-panel because it allowed to use the indicators instead of the old notification area.
Now that indicators are available also for gnome-panel I've replaced the xfce panel to get a full gtk3 gnome3 session.
In the meanwhile I've fixed also the plymouth issue and the installer refuse present in first build, so in a couple of days I'll release a new build.

[wolfen69]

Yes, it is based on gnome3.. it is the fallback session (gnome-panel + metacity) and the rest of the DE. So no unity or gnome-shell is present in the iso, but installable alongside.

In the first beta (the one available for download) I've used the xfce4-panel because it allowed to use the indicators instead of the old notification area.
Now that indicators are available also for gnome-panel I've replaced the xfce panel to get a full gtk3 gnome3 session.
In the meanwhile I've fixed also the plymouth issue and the installer refuse present in first build, so in a couple of days I'll release a new build.

Cool, I'll have to check it out soon.

[lucazade]

new build is out with the changes mentioned above..
http://www.multiupload.com/KAID6XJYSH

[IWantFroyo]

That looks good! I look forward to a stable release!

Will fight with Lubuntu, same target.

This is true. I think this looks better than Lubuntu, however.

[ventrical]

I'll consider giving it a try , but , with Linux Mint 11 LDXE running from a cold boot at 66MBs of sdram ... I mean .. it will be hard to tear me away from that.

[lucazade]

Thanks guys!

@ventrical
honestly it seems a bit low considering that a plain session (only virtual terminals and no Xserver) is around 50mb.
Here you have the full power of GNOME3, a more complete DE.

anyway for miracles I'm not ready yet

[ventrical]

Thanks guys!

@ventrical
honestly it seems a bit low considering that a plain session (only virtual terminals and no Xserver) is around 50mb.
Here you have the full power of GNOME3, a more complete DE.

anyway for miracles I'm not ready yet

I have an old PIII 650MHz with 512 sdram that I am going to build, I'll test your OS and do some work with Precise. I want to see how far back I can get the newer Ubuntu Kernels - to run on that older software - why with a few mods here and there , jump a couple of pins etc.. I might surprise myself !